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    The surname Krass

    A German surname, carried by 667 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K620

    Krass: #34,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Krass #34,073, 667 people Krass: #34,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Krass #34,073, 667 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krass is more common than 79% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a German surname, from krass (“extreme, stark”). * Also as a south German surname (Kräss), variant of Kress, itself converged from several origins such as variations of the name Christian, and the obsolete Middle High German kresse (“gudgeon”).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 667 people named Krass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 462,887 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 680.

    #34,073
    rank among US surnames
    667
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #32,026)

    Who is named Krass

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Krass identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Krass

    Krass has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Krass come from?
    * As a German surname, from krass (“extreme, stark”). * Also as a south German surname (Kräss), variant of Kress, itself converged from several origins such as variations of the name Christian, and the obsolete Middle High German kresse (“gudgeon”).
    How common is the surname Krass?
    667 people in the United States had the surname Krass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 462,887 Americans. It ranked 34,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Krass?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Krass getting more or less common?
    Less common. 680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 667 in 2010, down 1.9%.